You’re almost there. “We” need our own countries, where liberty is the law. These counties would absorb all the money (Bitcoin) in the world, and as the democracies start to fade away, only countries that are free will remain.

El Salvador looks pretty good. Have you been there? I strongly recommend it.

Of course, the “Human Rights” ultra violence peddlers absolutely hate El Salvador and the fact that a strong leader has led that country out of a living nightmare against all the odds, because they think brown people are animals who don’t have needs or rights, so it doesn’t matter what they suffer as long as their “HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY” are the absolute rule.

These horrible racists are the worst of the worst. They pretend to care about other people, but can sit and watch others suffer so their cereal box philosophies are not broken.

And it’s a box of Fruit Loops.

They hate it when the poor are served, people solve problems in ways they don’t agree with, when their philosophies are exposed as worthless trash, and the world changes because other people have the guts to act.

Well tough luck Jerky; the world is changing, and leaving you and your broken philosophy and organisational methods behind.

We’re going to be free. We’re going to use Bitcoin. Strong leaders both in government and outside it are going to…LEAD…us out of it.

And that’s all there is to it!

Socialists are terribly boring. So are cowards who shirk their duty to protect others under the cloak of “Decentraluzation” and faddish crap that’s going to get everyone killed.

Only the most delusional reality denier thinks that good, strong leadership is a bad thing, and that leaders together can’t fix many big problems.

It’s easy to hide here and pretend that other people are not real, and that the few examples of strong leadership have not changed the world in the last year. Or throughout the 20th Century. Do I have to list them? Honestly, people are very dim these days!

Thankfully anti business infantilism doesn’t matter in the long run, because there are enough strong leaders to face the facts and force change through decision making to get us out of this mess.

There is nowhere to run from reality. I’ve been consistent about running away and hiding in Nostr being a bad thing. It’s like sitting on the cure for cancer because the group has not decided eliminating cancer is a good thing.

If people don’t act to protect their rights and the rights of others, then very bad outcomes are the result. This should be obvious to even the most simple people.

The fact that this has to be said in 2024 is terrifying and it would be “Game Over” were it not for the small number of people for whom others are real and not imaginary, and the big picture is at least partially in view.

Should all the CEOs get together to punish the EU and any other country that dares to violate people’s rights (Julian Assange anyone?) the world will change forever.

Unless of course you are one of those people who don’t want any problem to be solved, who actually enjoyed and vampirically thrived on Assange being imprisoned, and who lives to create or extend the life of problems because problems are the centre of your life; being the permanent “rent a mob” class like Occupy Wall Street, Get Kony, Stop Oil that turns up everywhere to protest and destroy because being in opposition is your life, not solving problems when you have the ultimate power to do so.

But I suspect you have no power at all, and would hate a world where it was impossible for Julian Assange to be persecuted, Wall Steet to steal or dictators to murder. You would not be free to vote for imbeciles who are for war, inflation and tyranny…because…then…what would you put in your Profile bio?

I don’t have the Nostr Telepathy plugin…sorry!

CEOs of the world should be very concerned with the arrest of Pavel Durov.

If Durov can be snatched off of his private jet, all CEOs are at risk of arbitrary arrest when they travel.

It should be clear, even to the democracy loving sycophant CEOs, that the current situation is intolerable, and that something must be done.

There isn't a precise, universally agreed-upon number of CEOs worldwide, as this can vary based on how "CEO" is defined and the types of organizations considered (public companies, private companies, non-profits, etc.). However, some estimates can be made based on the number of businesses globally.

According to the World Bank and other sources, there are over 300 million companies globally. While not all of these companies will have a traditional CEO (especially very small businesses), it gives a rough idea of the scale. Many medium to large enterprises will have a CEO or equivalent position.

Therefore, it is reasonable to estimate that there are tens of millions of individuals holding the title of CEO or an equivalent leadership role across the world. The exact number would be difficult to pinpoint due to the wide variety of organizations and titles used in different regions and industries.

The arrest of Pavel Durov is a direct threat to every CEO on earth.

It is obvious that there are more CEOs than there are government ministers, and since these CEOs control all industries on earth, they have the actual power, not the State.

It is clear that a world-wide strike and withholding of services from all governments as a warning to stop the rise of totalitarianism is the minimum that should be launched in response to the arrest of Pavel Durov. Perhaps if this is done once, what I propose next may not be needed.

Governments can do nothing without the CEOs facilitating their measures. The ID Cards, websites and every other service the State provides are actually done by companies under contract, each with CEOs, not by governments themselves.

If all CEOs decide as one that enough is enough, it’s over for the totalitarians, because they can’t even make a phone call without a CEO facilitating it.

A new "Chief Executives Alliance for Global Equity and Stability" (CEASE) made up of the CEOs of the world should, as its first act, work to outlaw arbitrary arrest of any citizen, so that another Durov outrage cannot happen.

CEASE will have no legislative power, but that doesn’t matter; what matters is that they can withhold services to entire nations to ensure democratically elected leaders do not violate the rights of citizens, starting with CEOs.

Does this sound like WEF 2.0? Sadly, it does, but CEASE, working in the open to protect the rights of people would be quite different to the sinister and secretive WEF. Its aims are explicitly for freedom; freedom of speech, freedom to travel legally without fear of arbitrary arrest, and the freedom to trade with others in goods and services on the basis of voluntarism.

Julian Assange would not have suffered as he did had CEASE existed when he leaked the secret criminal shenanigans of the State.

CEASE, having no legislative power, has only one means of action at its disposal; withdrawal of services. This might not seem like much, but it is in fact an extremely powerful sanction.

Imagine if the CEOs of Facebook, X, Google and Apple all decided to go dark until Durov is released. Billions of people would be affected. No government on earth has ever had that much power.

Arresting a CEO for running their business where people can speak freely could never result in an arrest in a world where CEASE existed. The price to the State would be too high; and of course, in this case, it would be France that is shut down and crippled as the very fabric of their modern world is rug pulled from under them. They would rightly calculate that it’s just not worth it.

Arresting a CEO would only be done when it is actually justified like cases of; murder, theft, and other such crimes where there is a clear victim.

Obviously this is a sketch outline of a very big idea, and if the part of your brain that powers your imagination is working and exercised, it should make you go, “hmmmmmmm!”.

One thing is for sure; sitting by watching people be hauled off to the camps should not be tolerable for anyone, CEO or not.

And lest you believe that something like this would end up creating a “Rollerball” style dystopia, remember, the consumer is more powerful as a constituency than all the CEOs and their companies combined. Ask Harley Davidson, or the owners of Bud Light, Ratner’s, and others…

1. Lehman Brothers (financial crisis and public backlash)

2. Barings Bank (collapsed after a rogue trader scandal, followed by public loss of confidence)

3. Ratners Group (renamed to Signet Group after the CEO's derogatory comments about its products led to a massive boycott)

4. Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) (decline due to a combination of factors including boycotts after the Lockerbie bombing)

5. Arthur Andersen (collapsed after the Enron scandal, leading to a boycott and loss of clients)

One of the problems this idea faces that immediately comes to mind is the diversity of CEOs. Some of them are not liberty minded. This is where boycotts by the public may help exert some measure of balance.

Either way, Durov being arrested is unacceptable, intolerable and unjustifiable, and unless you want to have your own “oh how we burned in the camps”moment, you had better consider this idea very carefully.

Go to Rumble. Keep it simple. The Bitcoin Cult decentralisation mantra will kill your business.

The founder of Telegram has been kidnapped.

Why don't they (the EU States) in this case, arrest the CEO of Apple and Samsung or Google, for people using browsers and phones in the commission of crimes? Or ISPs or anyone else transmitting data? No one can answer this, because Ambulance Chasers are Computer Illiterates.

This question touches Bitcoin of course, and will have profound effects if the people who make these bad decisions are not re-educated and their ignorance neutralized.

The CEOs of Bitcoin companies must assert the truth of how things work at all times to defend not only their businesses but their hundreds of millions of users.

LOL. POAST STARSHIP TROOPERS MEME.

or

“OH BROTHER.”

Take your pick, INGSOC.

The great and the good are waking up.

I’ve had it admitted to me today in private that, “The Laser Eye movement is a dead end.”

This is significant.

It has always been true that the death of the Bitcoin Cult was inevitable.

The Cult was like a, “Universal Basic Income of software”; unsustainable, uneconomic, irrational, hyperbolic and infantile.

This doesn’t mean that Bitcoin is dead, obviously; the contrary is the case.

Bitcoin is about to experience a multi front boom of the kind very few people have the capacity to conceive of.

Wallet download numbers are going to explode.

Ubiquitous non Exchange retail Bitcoin delivery is about to appear.

The “Consumer Bitcoin” era is upon you.

It’s going to be…EMOTIONAL.

A better one.

An entire generation of potentially capable people have been brainwashed into accepting feelings as a substitute for substance.

These people can’t solve problems and are “Great Masturbators”, that can’t solve problems, interact with consumers or measure their own performance.

These people are breaking off into a parallel society where people don’t measure their the value of their workers or themselves.

Complaining about something is not the same as doing something about something.

Open source and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) have roots going back several decades, although the concepts evolved over time. Here's a brief timeline of their development:

1. Early Foundations (1950s-1970s):

- In the early days of computing, during the 1950s and 1960s, software was often shared freely among researchers and developers. Software came bundled with hardware, and source code was openly distributed.

- The sharing of software was common in academic and research settings, particularly within the ARPANET community (the precursor to the internet).

- In 1969, the creation of UNIX at AT&T's Bell Labs became significant because, although initially proprietary, its widespread academic use led to the development of a collaborative culture in software development.

2. GNU Project and Free Software Foundation (1983-1985):

- In 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project, aiming to create a free Unix-like operating system. This project laid the foundation for the Free Software Movement.

- In 1985, Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) to support the movement and promote the idea that software should be free to use, modify, and distribute.

3. The Term "Open Source" (1998):

- Although the practices of open sharing and collaboration were already in place, the term "open source" was coined in 1998 by Christine Peterson as part of an effort to rebrand free software to make it more appealing to businesses.

- The Open Source Initiative (OSI) was founded the same year by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond to promote the use of the term "open source" and to certify open-source licenses.

4. Rise of Popular Open Source Projects (Late 1990s-Present):

- Throughout the late 1990s and into the 2000s, major open-source projects like Linux, Apache HTTP Server, and Mozilla gained traction, showcasing the success of the open-source model.

- The development of platforms like GitHub (founded in 2008) further accelerated the open-source movement by providing a collaborative environment for developers to share and contribute to projects.

In summary:

- The principles underlying open source and FOSS have existed since the early days of computing in the 1950s and 1960s.

- The formalization of the Free Software Movement began with the GNU Project in 1983.

- The term "open source" was coined in 1998 to promote and standardize the practices of collaborative software development.

So, open source and FOSS have been in existence, in various forms, for around 70 years, with more formalized movements and terms emerging in the last 40 years.

For 40 years FOSS people have not cared about design; in fact, they’ve been openly hostile to it.

Desktop system authors used to refuse to produce screenshots for users, insisting that they compile and run the code if they want to see anything running.

That’s the mentality you’re dealing with.

And simply calling for something won’t make it happen; this is the magical thinking rife in communities who don’t know how to solve problems or deal with real people.

And when the scant few try to work with designers and get quotes for work, they scoff at the cost, saying “anyone could do this”. They’re pig ignorant, philistines, stubborn and un cultured.

They will never win!

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Today, the artist with the most intelligent thing to say about ChatGPT is Mark E. Smith.

FOSS stands for **Free and Open Source Software**. It refers to software that is both free to use (as in freedom) and whose source code is openly available for anyone to inspect, modify, and distribute. Here’s what each term means:

1. Free Software:

- "Free" in this context refers to freedom, not necessarily price. Free software grants users the freedom to run, modify, and share the software. The key principles of free software are often summarized by the Four Freedoms:

- Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.

- Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works and change it to make it do what you wish (access to the source code is a precondition for this).

- Freedom 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others.

- Freedom 3: The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. By doing this, you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes.

2. Open Source Software:

- Open source software is similar to free software, but the focus is more on the collaborative benefits of making the source code available. The term "open source" emphasizes that the source code is open and accessible to anyone. Users can modify the software and distribute their modified versions.

- Open source projects often involve collaboration among developers from all over the world, contributing to the software's development, bug fixes, and new features.

Examples of FOSS:

- Linux: An open-source operating system kernel that is the basis for many operating systems (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian).

- Apache: An open-source web server software.

- Firefox: A free and open-source web browser.

- LibreOffice: A free and open-source office suite.

- GIMP: A free and open-source image editor.

Benefits of FOSS:

- Transparency: Anyone can inspect the source code to verify what the software does.

- Control: Users have control over the software and can modify it to suit their needs.

- Community b: FOSS projects often have large communities that contribute to and support the software.

- Cost: Most FOSS is available at no cost, making it accessible to a broader audience.

FOSS plays a crucial role in the software ecosystem, empowering users and developers to create, share, and improve software freely.

For founders, CTOs, and developers of Bitcoin companies however, whether your code is FOSS, or not has nothing to do with asking for your users trust. Your code being free is irrelevant, and being a Bitcoin company has nothing to do with the license your software runs under.

The vast majority of users who run FOSS never read the licenses or Source Code of the tools they use; they are normal people who simply want to get things done.

Gimp, Apache, Linux, Firefox are all fine tools that the license they're offered under has no bearing on the user's experience.

People use Gimp because they could not afford Photoshop, not because the source code was available. Today, they run it because Photoshop has not been ported to any GNU+Linux operating system with the Gnome interface. If Adobe ported Photoshop to Ubuntu, everyone would abandon Gimp for PS overnight.

ColdCard is secure not because people can copy the code; it is secure because it is properly and carefully written. The license code is written under cannot affect the execution or quality of software. This is the fundamental mistake Open Source fanatics make; they think virtue signaling to people who can't write "Hello World" in PHP matters; PROTIP, it DOESN'T MATTER and NO ONE CARES.

Open Source can kill companies. If you release your source code, you are inviting people to copy your ideas and compete with you, with no advantage to yourself.

The license you use to release your source doesn't matter either when it comes to the business risk; people can read your source and then re-implement it without using your code, and then BANG you've got a clone of your service trying to knock you out of the market.

If the people who are cloning you are better funded, more clever, able to look people in the eye when being spoken to, and are affable, then you've got a real problem.

And where are all the Bitcoin Cult checklist ticking followers when your magic dust is being "stolen" or "Ripped Off"? They will be nowhere...or buying the tools and service of your competitor because you believed some cult gibberish about MUH OPEN SAUCE.

Sharing source code and licenses that compel disclosure are useful things in narrow circumstances, like tools that underpin everything; SSL, GPG, HTTPS, POP3, SMPTE, C, C++, Linux, Bitcoin and so many other tools used to build tools or build businesses. The number of developers working on these tools is astonishing and everyone benefits. This is beyond argument.

But.

Just because other Open Source tools have big developer bases, it does not follow that every tool must be open source, and that the act of disclosing your source code under the GPL will attract an army of developers commiting changes.

You will have seen this with projects breathlessly announced at conferences that failed to attract developers to do the work for free to build them, the assumption being that developers are a magic and infinite resource with infinite time to work for free on an infinite amount of projects, the sole method of recruiting them being to chant "ACK" after posting your just about running source sketches on GitLab.

This is the fact that is left out when cheerleaders for Open Source make irrational claims about Open Source being the foundation of user trust. They're not seeing the big picture, are fatally unrealistic and in fact, don't see the picture at all.

It's a safe bet that they are not using Ubuntu, Mint or any GNU+Linux operating system for their daily work either, but are in fact hypocrites using *CHOKE* MiCro$oft Winblows and Micro$oft Visual Studio Code or MacOS as their development platform. They will never tell you this of course, while they type out their pro Open Source screeds on Google Chrome or M$ Word. We all know this.

In the final (and financial) analysis, all the virtue signalling in the world will not make people use your tool. Only a small number of fanatics care about the license your work is released under, and those people will not move the needle when it comes to changing the world, and the ones that will change the world will copy your weak sauce and turn it into hot sauce.

Bitcoin changing the world does not require Open Sourced tools; it requires what google did with Chrome; blasting the competition (Internet Exploder) to smithereens with a browser that beat every other browser by being better for the consumer. Failing to understand this is in 2024 a fundamental error.

Thankfully, there are serious people coming to Bitcoin who do not care about any of this, and who are focussed on doing a narrow range of things right. Google's Chrome is focussed on browsing the internet securely and quickly in a standards based way, providing password management and a few other things along the way. A very small number of things.

They're not interested in the latest fad, and do not have a model where they keep adding new services to their offering to be cool and hip; they do one thing and do it right.

Bitcoin companies are coming that do one thing and do it right. They are extremely focussed (not laser focussed) and they know that bitcoin is for other people, not for developers. By understanding this, they will be the people who change everything.

And again when it comes to the license your tool is released under, as far as the public is concerned...

IT DOESN'T MATTER and NO ONE CARES.

Who is “we”?

Another sad story of Nostr.

You win, but can’t collect.

You post but it can’t be seen.

“Early days” for eternity.

Hall of shame/mirrors effect.

Living the dream as living in a dream.

Giving up on courage.

“Communism”.

“LOL”.

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